> Russia was pursuing this strategy prior to IMF involvement.

> Yeltsin turned to the Russian economists Yegor Gaidar and Anatoly Chubais, who, with the aid of Western advisers, hammered out the details.

Jeez, wonder who gave them that idea.

> I think you have some reading to do if you believe the United States "installed" Saddam. It was the Ba’athists.

Think you are placing too much weight on installed. Installed in as in supported materially, financially, or militarily. Helped get into power or remain there.